Resource

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Resource \Re*source"\ (r?*s?rs"), n. [F. ressource, fr. OF.
     ressourdre, resourdre, to spring forth or up again; pref. re-
     re- + sourdre to spring forth. See {Source}.]
     1. That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for
        supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty;
        resort; expedient.


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              Threat'nings mixed with prayers, his last resource.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. pl. Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that
        can be converted into supplies; available means or
        capabilities of any kind.
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              Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for
              every country which is connected, but not
              incorporated, with another country of greater
              resources.                            --Macaulay.
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     Syn: Expedient; resort; means; contrivance.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  resource
       n 1: available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can
            be drawn upon when needed
       2: a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when
          needed; "the local library is a valuable resource"
       3: the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a
          man of resource" [syn: {resourcefulness}, {imagination}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  188 Moby Thesaurus words for "resource":
     ability, action, ad hoc measure, address, adeptness, adroitness,
     airmanship, answer, aptitude, artfulness, artifice, artisanship,
     artistry, assets, available means, backlog, balance, bonanza,
     bravura, brilliance, cache, capability, capacity, capital,
     capital goods, capitalization, cash, cleverness, command,
     competence, contraption, contrivance, control, coordination,
     cornucopia, countermove, coup, course of action, craft,
     craftsmanship, creation, cunning, deftness, demarche,
     dernier ressort, device, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness,
     diplomacy, dodge, efficiency, effort, expediency, expedient,
     expertise, facility, fashion, finesse, font, forte, fortune, fount,
     fountain, fund, funds, gimmick, gold mine, grace, grip, grist,
     gumption, guts, handiness, holdings, hope, horsemanship,
     imagination, imaginativeness, improvisation, ingeniousness,
     ingenuity, initiative, invention, inventiveness, jury-rig,
     jury-rigged expedient, know-how, last expedient, last resort,
     last shift, liquid assets, lode, makeshift, maneuver, manner,
     marksmanship, mastership, mastery, mean, means, measure, method,
     mine, mode, money, move, nest egg, opportunity, pis aller,
     possessions, possibility, practical ability, proficiency, property,
     prowess, quality, quarry, quick-wittedness, quickness, readiness,
     recourse, refuge, relief, reserve, reserve fund, reserve supply,
     reserves, reservoir, resort, resourcefulness, resources, riches,
     savings, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, shake-up, shift,
     sinking fund, skill, skillfulness, solution, something in reserve,
     source, source of supply, spring, staple, step, stockpile, stopgap,
     stratagem, strength, string, stroke, stroke of policy, style,
     substance, substitute, subterfuge, supply, surrogate, system, tact,
     tactfulness, tactic, talent, technical brilliance,
     technical mastery, technical skill, technique, temporary expedient,
     timing, trick, trump, unexpended balance, vein, virtuosity, way,
     wealth, well, wellspring, wit, wizardry, working hypothesis,
     working proposition, workmanship, worth